Anything Can Happen: Inside the Rise and Rule of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement

by Eric Cortellessa

Overview

With the in-depth reportage and insightful analysis of American Carnage, Front Row at the Trump Show, and Confidence Man, a seasoned TIME reporter’s authoritative narrative history of the MAGA movement—a freshly reported “how did we get here” chronicle that traces the political DNA and complete, decade-long evolution that has irrevocably transformed the Republican Party, conservatism, politics, and society itself.

Drawing from exclusive interviews with key figures in Trump world, including Donald Trump himself, Trump’s Tower is the first book to comprehensively document the former President’s spawning of a political and social movement that has turned modern America upside down.

Trump’s Tower goes behind closed doors and through the maze of the MAGA ecosystem: from Steve Bannon’s cluttered basement recording studio to Charlie Kirk’s behemoth organization to rear the next generation of Trump-inspired diehards; from the think tanks working to implement Trumpism into policy to the legion of traveling MAGA evangelists like Donald Trump Jr. and young America First pols like J.D. Vance and Anna Paulina Luna; from Trump’s own operation to build and sustain a constellation of allied networks that keep his movement a dominant force in national politics to the mega-wealthy contributors—among them tech edgelords and media moguls—and young influencers who use their money, power, and platforms to support him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063466395
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/07/2026
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Eric Cortellessa is a Senior Political Correspondent at Time covering Donald Trump and the American right. He has written more than a dozen Time cover stories, interviewed multiple world leaders, and reported extensively on the January 6 attack, the Make America Great Again movement, and the 2024 presidential campaign. For his 2024 coverage of Trump, he won the National Press Club’s Sandy Hume Award for Excellence in Political Journalism. He has appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and All In with Chris Hayes; CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, The Source with Kaitlin Collins, and Laura Coates Live; as well as the PBS NewsHour, CBS, BBC, and Washington Week. He lives in Washington, DC.